The struggle for racial justice has always had a soundtrack. New faculty Charrise Barron explores its evolution from gospel to hip-hop.
The Quest for Racial Justice
Stories containing Harvard insights and coverage of the movement against systemic racism in America
New study finds duration of relationship affects comfort level of Black women in discussing topic with white male partners
A visit to Royall plantation brings home ‘intimacy of slavery’ for students. Educational tours are part of Harvard's deepening partnership with the museum.
Wadsworth Atheneum show, curated by Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Skip Gates, explores abolitionist’s embrace of emerging art of photography
As incarcerated population dropped overall, proportion of Black prisoners rose. Researchers point to unequal sentencing.
Theater, Dance & Media course, rooting in issues surrounding death of Eric Garner, blends ritual, meditation, reading, ‘radical dialogue’
Portrait honoring Edwin Bush Jourdain Jr., who confronted President Lowell over policy in ’20s, unveiled in Winthrop House
Millions visit our national parks each year. Most are white. Panelists explore why ‘America’s best idea’ isn’t winning over people of color.
Rappers, activists, scholars debate controversy surrounding subgenre of hip-hop
Issues revolve around culture of viewing civilians as potential threats, concerns about self-protection in departments equipped with military-grade arms
Black queer poet, scholar Cheryl Clarke discussed place of LGBTQ community in American culture at FAS event
Civil rights activist honors his father’s legacy with a call to action against poverty, racism, and violence
Brown University political scientist says Frederick Douglass, others found racial domination at odds with ideals of republicanism
Cooper Gallery exhibition centers work of lesser-known artists of African descent to highlight various biases of canon
Scholar urges fuller reckoning with colonial legacies
Art installation in Yard serves as mosaic of collective identity of students, institution in time of reckoning, reflection
Ex-pro soccer player Justin Morrow, founder of Black Players for Change, focuses on raising diversity in leadership roles
Eddie Glaude says cycles of reprisal will continue till nation faces up to myth of its democracy, one that allowed racism from start
Cabot House book club wrestles with causes, solutions to complex issue through discussions, ‘Reading Jam Sessions’
Students reimagine uses for public land after Biden vows funds to redress harms done to urban areas when highway system was built
Tomiko Brown-Nagin’s book traces tactics of groundbreaking lawyer Constance Baker Motley amid pivotal protests
Caroline Light says it involves success in making perpetrator seem like victim
Sarah Seo calls for removing police from traffic law enforcement, citing recent events, long history of officers’ bias
Author sees progress among marginalized groups when moral issues are attached to national interests
Diversity efforts suffer in times of crisis, sociologists find
Ibram X. Kendi and Heather McGhee detail hurdles in push for racial equality
Motherhood sparks Asian American podcasters who met at College to produce anti-racism guide
Ellis Monk says wording of questions, presentation, various changes probably affected count
Panel tackles the need for antiracism programming, allyship
The 19th, and Gordon-Reed’s new book, show that slavery is ‘a very present past’
The pilot run of the ‘GCP Family Book Club: Exploring Race and Identity’ won kudos from participants.
Research tracks the ways racial discrimination wreaks a physical, psychological toll
Christiane Taubira and Aminata Touré details efforts in their nations
Historians explore how studying the past can help promote health equity in the present
Survey highlights bias facing fastest-growing minority group in the U.S.
Historian details issues in editing collection of historical and personal essays, stories, and poems
Divinity School student gives voice to an enslaved young woman on campus in the 18th century
Scholars dig into the legal, business records of owners of the enslaved for clues
Symposium examines how history, bigotry, politics, and economics became entwined
Brazilian images of people of various races, though less well-known than the Zealy collection of the enslaved, bear powerful witness
Rise of violence, harassment amid pandemic part of continuing tale of racism in U.S.
Wellesley professor takes Black history back to medieval times
Henry Louis Gates Jr., who identified the book decades ago, works with N.H. dealer to add it to Harvard’s collections
Law professor’s book on how the system punishes the poor and people of color has inspired a new documentary
How a human connection can help create openness
Exploring their identities through culture, politics, and religion
Activist says key to record turnout in last election was education
Lecturer Robert Livingston offers a blueprint for radical change
Alums talk about hybrid identity on campus, ‘super negro,’ and U.S. reckoning with race
Isabel Wilkerson’s new book examines the nation’s history of inequity
Radcliffe scholar details possible reforms in admissions, faculty representation
Harvard/MIT panel examines the role of the activist architect
More risk of physical, psychological damage, less access to health care unevenly tip scales
In the battle against systemic racism, these alumni chart different courses for change
Former governor, scholars from various fields wrestle with ways to launch change
Reassessing public art in Europe in light of increased racial awareness
Bacow says group’s work will help University become a ‘more enlightened institution’
African American divers retrieve artifacts from slave ships, Tuskegee Airmen planes
Radcliffe-based program rolls out programming, research efforts, panels
Committee on the Arts funding helps support a dozen activist creators
New chief diversity and inclusion officer offers impressions after her first two months
Webinar upends myth of region’s blamelessness, reveals depth of issue in U.S.
Pushing to end myth of Columbus and honor history of Indigenous peoples
Kennedy School research initiative looks at why diversity and inclusion efforts succeed or fail
‘Antigone in Ferguson’ honors the memory of Michael Brown
Holmes academic society renamed in honor of physician-scientist William Augustus Hinton
Law School program's report analyzes why Black, Latinx people are overrepresented, get tougher sentences
A historian steps back to the 1700s and shares what's changed and what needs to change
New book raises awareness of unconscious bias, and its effect on students of color
Tiya Miles details how public history can reshape our views of the past
Higher education leader starts tenure next month
Gay restarts cluster hire, announces new dean of diversity and task forces
Longtime AV staffer chronicles inner-city lives in his spare time
Experts see change on horizon amid pandemic, reckoning around race, and upcoming election
Prof cycles across U.S. to raise awareness for BLM, Black Birders Week
Library pauses other work for ‘Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom’
Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi discusses his latest book, ‘Antiracist Baby’
Think of hip-hop as a historical record of the nation’s racial violence and injustice, director of the Harvard Archive says
Harvard students share why they took part in recent BLM protests and what this moment means to them
Du Bois Society, named for the University’s 1st Black Ph.D., offers necessary community to minority grad students
Harvard panel examines the history of policing in the U.S., and ways to move forward
Author Eddie Glaude and scholar Cornel West discuss new book against backdrop of racial upheaval
Community reading to explore the resonance of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech
‘Their Names’ project gathers the stories of 28,000 people, from Jan. 1, 2000, to George Floyd
Boston mayor discusses $12 million antiracism public health initiative at Chan School series
Students activate, donate in movement to fight inequity, promote police reform
Panel on dispossession of African Americans says burying truth keeps Black Americans dispossessed
Legal scholar and historian puts the push to remove Confederate statues in context
Research reveals the long-term impact following the destruction of the Greenwood District
Members of the community share memories, plans, hopes for the holiday
Harvard faculty recommend the writers and subjects that promote context and understanding
Departments shut labs, put down papers for a day to read, think, and discuss racial inequities and start devising concrete solutions in the fields
Harvard experts talk about how to turn the moment’s energy into lasting change
Ash Center panel puts ‘defining moment’ of Floyd killing into context of fight for social justice
Harvard expert says ‘bystander effect’ emboldens toxic culture of police violence
Panel discusses long-festering wounds of racial inequities and possible steps forward
Radcliffe Institute panel explores its social roots and explores ways to raise awareness
Orlando Patterson says there’s been progress, but the nation needs to reject white supremacist ideology, bigotry in policing, and segregation
Lawrence D. Bobo dissects police killings of Black men and the history and cognitive forces behind racial bigotry and violence, and why he sees signs of hope